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8.0 OPPORTUNITIES
8.5.4 Long List of Future Water Use Opportunities
The long list of future water use opportunities compiled in the Basin Plan comprised 14 projects.
The opportunities were identified in the Belle Fourche River Basin and the Cheyenne River Basin. No
opportunities were identified in the Little Missouri River Basin or the Niobrara River Basin. This list was
reviewed by the BAG to produce the short list of water use opportunities.
8.5.5 Short List of Future Water Use Opportunities
Short lists of potential projects were developed in the Basin Plan for the Belle Fourche and
Cheyenne River subbasins as shown in Tables 8-10 and 8-11. The short lists included four types of
projects:
! Type 1: Rehabilitation projects that preserve existing uses.
! Type 2: Projects that rectify existing shortages consistent with the hierarchy of preferred uses
established by the Wyoming statutes.
! Type 3: Projects that meet projected future demands consistent with the hierarchy of
preferred uses established by the Wyoming statutes.
! Type 4: Projects that enhance uses in other Wyoming basins through trans-basin diversions.
The storage projects included in the short list are shown on Figure 8-4. No specific storage
projects were identified in the Niobrara River, Little Missouri River, or the main stem of the Cheyenne
River.
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